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but brown's onstage antics and and a feud with a fellow band member led the band to kick brown out in 1986. ♪ they say i'm crazy really don't care ♪ ♪ that's my prerogative >> reporter: undaunted, brown went on to a successful solo career with hits like "my prerogative" and "every little step" from his 1988 album, "don't be cruel." ♪ it's like that girl brown and houston married in 1992, on the surface, it seemed perfect, the pop princess and the r&b singer. but there were signs of trouble. in 1995, brown was present at a shooting outside a seedy boston bar that claimed the life of his bodyguard, steven seely. he was shot in the head several times and died inside a bentley registered to whitney houston. then there were brown's arrest for dui in 1996, for marijuana possession and speeding in 2002, parole violations in 2003. >> bobby! >> reporter: in 2005, the couple put their rocky marriage on a short lived reality show called "being bobby brown" for all the world to see. >> [ bleep ] it's not right. it's not right. >> reporter: by the time that reality show aired, houston's ca
but brown's onstage antics and and a feud with a fellow band member led the band to kick brown out in 1986. ♪ they say i'm crazy really don't care ♪ ♪ that's my prerogative >> reporter: undaunted, brown went on to a successful solo career with hits like "my prerogative" and "every little step" from his 1988 album, "don't be cruel." ♪ it's like that girl brown and houston married in 1992, on the surface, it seemed perfect, the pop princess and the...
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but two weeks later, brown decided he wanted his daughter back. and filed for paternity and custody. jessica monday is a friend. >> it wasn't until this child was 4 months old that he decides he wants to be a part of her life. with no regard to the birth mother, her decision, the pregnancy, the family that's taken care of his child, and to just come and say, i've changed my mind, that just doesn't work, it shouldn't work that way. >> reporter: south carolina law says a father is stripped of his paternity rights if he hasn't provided prebirth support or taken steps to be a father shortly after birth. but in this case, state law was trumped by a little known federal law from 1978. called the indian child welfare act. you see, brown is a member of the cherokee nation. which means veronica is part cherokee too. so before they could finalize the adoption, a family court judge ruled in favor of veronica's biological father, ordering them to hand her over. the law's designed to protect the interest of indian children and to keep indian children with indi
but two weeks later, brown decided he wanted his daughter back. and filed for paternity and custody. jessica monday is a friend. >> it wasn't until this child was 4 months old that he decides he wants to be a part of her life. with no regard to the birth mother, her decision, the pregnancy, the family that's taken care of his child, and to just come and say, i've changed my mind, that just doesn't work, it shouldn't work that way. >> reporter: south carolina law says a father is...
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you see, brown is a member of the cherokee nation, which means veronica is part cherokee, too. so before they could finalize veronica's adoption, a family court judge ruled in favor of veronica's biological father, ordering them to hand her over. the law is designed to protect the interest of indian children and keep indian children with indian family members. congress took action after a 1976 study showed about thirty persh of indian children were being removed from their homes and of those, about 90% were being placed with non-indian families. the attorney general for the cherokee nation told us the law is working. >> one of the original authors of the indian child welfare act said his indent of this law was not to take adoptive children away from loving homes. how would you respond to that? >> it's not anyone's intent to rip a child away from a loving home. we want to make sure those loving homes have the opportunity to be indian homes first. you look at the welfare of the child and if at all possible, we want that child to be raised in a traditional indian family. >> report
you see, brown is a member of the cherokee nation, which means veronica is part cherokee, too. so before they could finalize veronica's adoption, a family court judge ruled in favor of veronica's biological father, ordering them to hand her over. the law is designed to protect the interest of indian children and keep indian children with indian family members. congress took action after a 1976 study showed about thirty persh of indian children were being removed from their homes and of those,...
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the house interpretation leaves a loophole and the appearance of an ongoing double standard brown said in the letter. all this raised a big question. how did the loophole happen? when we started asking questions, all signs pointed to the opposite house majority leader eric canter which wrote and controlled the legislation that became law. it turns out cantor's staff changed the original bill without most in congress, even the senate sponsors, realizing it. at first cantor's office insisted the changes didn't alter the intent of the trading ban. finally, cantor's office sent us this statement, which acknowledged that there is a problem. and because of cnn's reporting, they're trying to figure out how to fix it. it was not the intention of the house to differ with the senate passed bill with respect to application to spouses and dependent children said canonto spokesman, doug heye. since new information has been brought to our attention with respect to this discrepancy, we're reviewing our actions >> do we have any specifically how or why that the house changed this? >> well, to answer y
the house interpretation leaves a loophole and the appearance of an ongoing double standard brown said in the letter. all this raised a big question. how did the loophole happen? when we started asking questions, all signs pointed to the opposite house majority leader eric canter which wrote and controlled the legislation that became law. it turns out cantor's staff changed the original bill without most in congress, even the senate sponsors, realizing it. at first cantor's office insisted the...
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today, the brown paper bag test. she stops each child entering the classroom and compares their skin tone to a paper bag. >> let me see your arm. can you put your arm out for me? okay. you got to sit in the back. >> lighter than the bag, you can sit in the front. it's a real test from the early 1900s. used by social organizations like churches and fraternities and neighborhood groups to decide who was light skinned enough to join. >> was it too extreme to do to little kids? >> the more shocking the activity is the better because it's going to stick with them. >> why are you all feeling bad? >> she showed us that dark skin had to sit in the back and light skin had to sit in the front. i didn't think it was fair. >> it's an eye-opening report. "who is black in america" airs on cnn this sunday, 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> kyung lah is back with another "360 bulletin." >>> new violent protests in egypt aimed at president morsi. they broke through barricades protecting the presidential palace while demonstrators ou
today, the brown paper bag test. she stops each child entering the classroom and compares their skin tone to a paper bag. >> let me see your arm. can you put your arm out for me? okay. you got to sit in the back. >> lighter than the bag, you can sit in the front. it's a real test from the early 1900s. used by social organizations like churches and fraternities and neighborhood groups to decide who was light skinned enough to join. >> was it too extreme to do to little kids?...
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rick brown is chief operating officer. >> any medicare patient that was in the hospital, if they came from a nursing home because the nursing home got evacuated, that patient does not meet what medicare calls acute care criteria to be in acute care hospital, so we will not get paid by them. >> reporter: so basically, you opened your doors to a lot of people who needed help and you may have to eat that cost. >> that's probably true. >> reporter: what's more, brown says he was stunned to learn that a new york city hotline alerted people they could find shelter at st. john's. >> he has this whole hospital area in his own house. >> reporter: one of those was jose martinez, who uses a ventilator to keep him breathing, and who had to be evacuated after the storm hit. how quickly did you realize you were in serious trouble? >> well, we didn't realize it until my wife went to the basement. she was folding some clothes in the laundry. all of a sudden she heard water dripping. so she looked around to see where it was coming from. she found out it was coming from the window, through the window.
rick brown is chief operating officer. >> any medicare patient that was in the hospital, if they came from a nursing home because the nursing home got evacuated, that patient does not meet what medicare calls acute care criteria to be in acute care hospital, so we will not get paid by them. >> reporter: so basically, you opened your doors to a lot of people who needed help and you may have to eat that cost. >> that's probably true. >> reporter: what's more, brown says he...